On Saturday, poets of every stripe will take to the streets for Philadelphia Poetry Day. Dozens of poets — and would-be poets — will position themselves on stages, on street corners, and in shopping ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Images: AFP/Getty Images/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly When my sister was in the sixth ...

It is a known fact that classical Persian poets were partial to poetic meters composed of eight feet, known as muthamman. On this topic, however, two issues remain unsolved: How did the Persian poets ...